La historia
I photographed this Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) at Sebastian Inlet State Park, Florida, United States, in noviembre de 2020, with its wings spread and a fish gripped in its talons. Historically known as the sea hawk, river hawk and fish hawk, it is a fish-eating bird of prey found almost worldwide. It weighs 0.9 to 2.1 kilograms and is 50 to 66 centimeters long, with a wingspan de 127 to 180 centimeters. Males are slimmer than females, with narrower wings and a weaker breast band. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I used a Pentax K-1 with the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6 for this one, at 1/3200 sec, f/9, ISO 400, −1,3 EV. The park lies on both sides of Sebastian Inlet, which forms the line between Brevard and Indian River counties, and in 2010 it was the second most visited state park in Florida.
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El ave
The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) pertenece a la familia Pandionidae (Osprey) en la taxonomía eBird/Clements.
Fuente: eBird.org (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Conservación
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2021), with the population trend listed as increasing. Fuente: Lista Roja de la UICN
